Ventotene

Ventotene
Vientutene (Neapolitan)
Comune di Ventotene
View of Ventotene
View of Ventotene
Coat of arms of Ventotene
Ventotene within the Province of Latina
Ventotene within the Province of Latina
Location of Ventotene
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Ventotene is located in Italy
Ventotene
Ventotene
Location of Ventotene in Italy
Ventotene is located in Lazio
Ventotene
Ventotene
Ventotene (Lazio)
Coordinates: 40°47′51″N 13°25′48″E / 40.79750°N 13.43000°E / 40.79750; 13.43000
CountryItaly
RegionLazio
ProvinceLatina (LT)
Government
 • MayorCarmine Caputo (Civic list)
Area
 • Total1.54 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Elevation
18 m (59 ft)
Population
 (30 November 2018)
 • Total768
 • Density500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
DemonymVentotenesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
04031
Dialing code0771
ISTAT code059033
Patron saintSt. Candida
Saint daySeptember 20
WebsiteOfficial website

Ventotene (Italian: [ventoˈtɛːne]; locally Vientutene; Latin: Pandataria or Pandateria; Ancient Greek: Πανδατερία, romanizedPandatería, or Πανδατωρία, Pandatōría)[1] is one of the Pontine Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, 46 kilometres (25 nautical miles) off the coast of Gaeta right at the border between Lazio and Campania, Italy. The municipality of Ventotene, of the province of Latina (Lazio) had 708 permanent residents as of 2008.

  1. ^ W. Pape; Gustav Eduard Benseler (1884). Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German). F. Vieweg. p. 1121.